long-term travel Travel Articles

 
Gift Guide: 11 Gift Ideas for Career Break Travelers
Gift Guide: 11 Gift Ideas for Career Break Travelers Do you know someone planning to take a career break or gap year? Career Break guru, Sherry Ott, gives you a unique list of gift ideas that any career breakers would love. This isn't your normal travel gear list!
Five Ground Rules For Traveling as a Couple on a Long Trip
Five Ground Rules For Traveling as a Couple on a Long Trip Determined not to become another campfire story, and because the cost of divorce would probably eat into their already dwindling travel expenses,TW and his wife decided to come up with a few ground rules to stay together during their RTW trip.
53 Links To Help You Travel Around the World
53 Links To Help You Travel Around the World Thinking about a round-the-world or extended trip? We've got all the information you need, from how to plan your trip and buy your tickets, to dealing with travel burnout and staying in touch on the road, to how to keep your travel memories alive once you're back home.
Why It’s Not Crazy for Working Professionals to Quit Their Jobs and Travel the World
Why It’s Not Crazy for Working Professionals to Quit Their Jobs and Travel the World Adam Seper expertly addresses the three biggest concerns you're likely to hear about when you tell friends and family you're going to travel the world for a year or more, helping calm your (and their) fears and turning those potential negatives into likely positives.
Travel is Not a Contest (& Other Reasons to Embrace Slow Travel)
Travel is Not a Contest (& Other Reasons to Embrace Slow Travel) Planning to cram three countries and five cities into your two week vacation? Stop right there. Jennifer Miller shares five very good reasons to resist the urge to "see it all" in favor of developing a depth of experience that just might change your life.
Should You Go on a RTW Trip? How to Know if Long-Term Travel is Right for You
Should You Go on a RTW Trip? How to Know if Long-Term Travel is Right for You A RTW trip is an experience that will forever change your life, but it isn't for everyone. Adam Seper offers 8 questions to ask yourself to determine if long term, RTW travel is for you.
The Eat, Pray, Love Effect: Is Travel Really a Path to Self-Discovery?
The Eat, Pray, Love Effect: Is Travel Really a Path to Self-Discovery? Bestsellers like Eat, Pray, Love suggest that going on a long trip can lead to personal and spiritual discovery. Is this true or is it simply overblown hype?
Five Hard Truths About Long-Term Travel
Five Hard Truths About Long-Term Travel Many people fantasize about long-term travel. And no wonder - it can be a truly transformative experience. But it's not all glamour and excitement. Mariellen Ward shares Five Hard Truths About Long-Term Travel that can help prepare you for the inevitable reality check.
How I Travel: Amanda Pressner
How I Travel: Amanda Pressner Amanda Pressner is best known by the quasi-pseudonym she shares with two of her closest friends: The Lost Girls. Pressner, along with co-authors Holly Corbett and Jennifer Baggett blogged their journey at LostGirlsWorld.com which has become an online hub for savvy female travelers thirsting for adventure. Upon returning home, they signed a book deal and over the summer, their joint-travelogue The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. was published by Harper Collins.
It’s Time to Meet, Plan, Go
It’s Time to Meet, Plan, Go Meet, Plan, Go is a nationwide event with the goal of making the "gap year" concept a common one in North America. BootsnAll is proud to be a media sponsor of the event, to be held in 13 cities on September 14, 2010.